Head of Product Design
Location: NZ, N, Auckland
Department: Product
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Industry: Computer Software
Function: Engineering

Company profile:
Vend is looking for some awesome new talent to come join us. You'll be working in an awesome team doing awesome things, and generally being awesome.Learn about us on our blog, or meet the team on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedInAwesome SpaceOur brand new Auckland office space is located on Nuffield Street in Newmarket, surrounded by our customers and the industry we love. It is huge, open, and shiny new with great meeting room spaces, casual working environments and plenty of space to host awesome events. We don't do cubicles, just plenty of space, whiteboards and meetings rooms. We also have a great cafe/retail space with our very own Front of House Manager taking care of our visitors and fellow Venders. Like Auckland our Melbourne office is surrounded by retail. It's a great wee space equipped with tiny houses and some awesome cardboard cutout animals.Our Toronto office is located right in the heart of downtown retail district. Like Melbourne and Auckland there's a great vibe with great coffee, boutique stores and some of the greatest restaurants in the city. Our SoMa office in San Francisco is located in the middle of the SF tech scene, just a (Biz) stone's throw from Twitter.The EnvironmentWe want you to be at the top of your game. You can wear whatever clothing you like, start work late in the morning, take breaks whenever you want and generally work the way you want to work. Who we're looking forVend is looking for people to push the boundaries. We are a hard working professional team with a wicked sense of humour, and we are looking for people who thrive in a collaborative open environment. We want passionate, hard working, talented individuals that want to lead in their field.

Job description:
Who are we?Vend is an award winning web based point of sale software for retail.  We’re chucking out crusty old cash registers and replacing them with iPads, touch screens and beautiful software, all of this to make life easier for our retailers.  Vend is a fast-growing tech start-up, since launching in 2010 we’ve now got 10,000+ customers all over the world and have more than 120 employees.Why you’d like usWe use the latest and greatest tech to bring delight to our customers, and we want to add members to our team that live and breathe technology just like we do. Our existing design team are super talented and passionate about the web - they work closely with our Engineers to make sure the look and feel of Vend is just as cutting edge as what’s behind the scenes.As well as developing a world-leading product, we believe that our culture is world-leading too! We balance super hard work with having a lot of fun at work!  Like playing pool, getting a Dia de los Muertos makeover, zoning out on the couches listening to music or raiding the snack cupboard (FYI frozen marshmallows are the latest craze at Vend - seriously, try them!).Work-life balance.  We know you have a life outside of work. We know you probably have little side projects or businesses too. This is valued and at Vend you can have a life inside work to.Your role:Officially we’re calling this role Head of Product Design but it’s sooooo much more and we know how you designery types love variation. When it comes down to it we’re looking for someone to define the overall look and feel of the Vend retail platform, who has strong iOS/mobile design skills, is a total pixel geek who can knock out some sweet high fidelity UI on demand with a real love of beautiful software, technology and hopefully retail too! You will design interfaces that will bring joy to our customers and develop strategies that ensure we’re always innovating and continuing to be world class. You’ll be a web native with a recent history totally transforming the UI of widely used SaaS products. You’ll also be a natural leader with experience in a similar role - reviewing work of the wider team and being the “design right-hand” for our Head of Product.  We’ve got lots on the go with two Designers in product (plus one dog)  and you'll work closely with our Head of Design in Marketing to ensure the personality of the brand is reflected in the product. Design is going to be an area of serious growth for Vend, and this is a real opportunity to make a difference.

Requirements:
We want to hear from you if:You’ve played a key role in the innovation of the UI of a SaaS productYou’re a natural Leader and have held a similar role beforeYou have experience designing for iOS / mobileInteraction design expertise, including wireframe creation and prototypingUX expertise, including user interviews and testingVisual design expertiseTechnical skills in HTML &amp; CSSAdobe Creative Suite experienceSo, what’s next? Get in touch, apply now, hit that button, get it done and come have a chat with us about how you can work at Vend. We can’t wait to hear from you.And just one last thing, here’s a link to how one of our Marketing Designers managed to wow us into hiring him -  #URL_7ca5f8790f8a2b23b5a4d2d9ee5259ce2624e823baf08c3ce220f938bc1dd085#The pressure is on! Wow us with your awesomeness, we dare you to!  While Vend is totally open to receiving applications from people based overseas, our recruitment process for technical talent is lengthy and involves a lot of face-to-face time between our candidates and existing team members here. We can start initial stages of interviewing using awesome technology like Skype and Google Hangouts, we really need you to be here and to have hung out with us in Auckland before making a job offer.

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